سَبى عَقلي هِلالُ بَني هِلالٍ

سَبى عَقلي هِلالُ بَني هِلالٍ

بِأَلحاظٍ كَأَلحاظِ الغَزالِ

بِأَلحاظٍ كَأَلحاظِ الغَزالِ

The crescent moon of Banu Hilal has taken my mind captive,

My mind was captivated by the crescent moon of the Hilal tribe

With glances like those of the gazelle.

With glances like the glances of a gazelle

غَريرٌ فَوقَ عارِضِهِ عِذارٌ

غَريرٌ فَوقَ عارِضِهِ عِذارٌ

كَليلِ الهَجرِ في صُبحِ الوِصالِ

كَليلِ الهَجرِ في صُبحِ الوِصالِ

A guileless youth, with a line of down upon his cheek,

Cheerfulness above his brow, coquetry

Like the night of separation amid the dawn of union.

Like the night of separation at the dawn of union

إِذا أَبدى مُؤامَرَةَ التَجَنّي

إِذا أَبدى مُؤامَرَةَ التَجَنّي

أَقَمتُ لَها وُجوهَ الإِحتِمالِ

أَقَمتُ لَها وُجوهَ الإِحتِمالِ

When he reveals a scheme of groundless reproach,

When he revealed the conspiracy of flirtation

I muster forms of forbearance to meet it.

I confronted it with the aspects of endurance